cavillor

== Latin == === Etymology === From cavilla (“jesting, banter”) + -ō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈwɪl.lɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈvil.lor] === Verb === cavillor (present infinitive cavillārī, perfect active cavillātus sum); first conjugation, deponent to jeer, mock, satirize Synonyms: spernō, contemnō, āspernor to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Asturian: cavilar → English: cavil, caffle → Galician: cavilar → Italian: cavillare → Portuguese: cavilar → Spanish: cavilar === References === “cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cavillor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.